Trunk-harness



(No Model.)

H. BRUNNER, Jr.

TRUNK HARNESS. 7

N0. 602,496. Patented Apr. 19,1898.

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PATENT TRUNK-HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,496, dated April19, 1898.

Application filed August 4,1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BRUNNER, J r., a citizen of the United States,residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTrunk-Harness and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof.

The present invention relates to a certain new and useful trunk harnessor brace, which consists in the arrangement of parts and details ofconstruction, as will be hereinafter fully set forth in the drawings anddescribed and pointed out in the specification.

It is customary with commercial travelers to have their display orsample trunks tied or firmly secured by means of ropes or cords, whichgenerally the transfer agent or company supplies. For this tying orroping of the trunk a charge is made by the transfer company or agent,and as the rope or cords quickly wear out or become lost and have to besupplied the cost per year for cording the trunk is considerable.

The object of my invention is to dispense with the necessity of cordingthe trunk and do away with the expense incident thereto. This Iaccomplish by providing what may be more properly termed a trunkharness, which when once adjusted to the trunk may be secured thereonand removed therefrom with little or no trouble, the straps composingthe harness being so arranged as to distribute or bring an equal strainto bear upon the trunk throughout.

In order to fully understand the invention, reference must be had to theaccompanying sheet of drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof a trunk with the harness secured thereon, and Fig. 2 is an opendetail top plan view of the harness.

The harness consists of the end strap 1 and the side straps 2 and 3,which when in proper position embrace the trunk A, as illustrated inFig. 1. One end of the side straps 2 and 3 I connect, respectively, tothe rings or loops 4'. and 5, which rings or loops are fastened to theconnecting-piece 6 by the short straps 7, which are secured to theconnecting-piece 6 by rivets 8 or otherwise. The straps 2 and 3 are alsosecured to the protecting-piece by the rivets 0 or otherwise. To thefree end of each Serial No. 647,114. (No model.)

side strap 2 and 8 a bucket 10 is secured, which is engaged by the freeends of the end strap 1. This strap is connected to the straps 2 and 3,in the present case, by means of rivets 11, although it may be connectedwith said straps in any suitable manner. When the harness is upon thetrunk, the rivets 11 will be hidden from view, as the bottom of thetrunk rests thereon.

In securing the harness upon the trunk the straps are laid out asillustrated in Fig. 2 and the trunks placed thereon, resting upon theinner portion of straps 1, 2, and 3. The strap 1 is then drawn over theends of the trunk and the free ends thereof pass through the rings orloops 4 5 and are then drawn through the buckles 10 until the trunk issecurely bound. As the strap 1 is united to the straps 2 3 and drawsupon the rings or loops 4 5 the strain or pressure is equallydistributed upon the ends of the said strap and straps 2 3. When thusthe trunk is bound, it will be impossible to release the harness withoutreleasing the buckles or cutting one of the straps. By means of theconnecting-piece 6, which is made somewhat wider than the straps 1 2 3,the rings 4 and 5 are prevented from scratching or marring the top ofthe trunk.

By the use of the harness thus described the trunk is evenly boundthroughout and danger of injury by rough handling is reduced to aminimum.

Any suitable material maybe employed for the making of the straps 1 2 3,but I prefer to make the same from good strong leather.

To open the trunk, it is only necessary to unbuckle the ends of strap 1and draw the same back through the rings or loop 4 5, when the lidof thetrunk may be raised.

The harness may be strapped or secured around the trunk with ease andvery little delay, and no skill is required to properly adjust thestraps, as is the case with the cording of a trunk.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure protection in by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a trunk-harness,the combination with the side straps provided withend buckles, the rings or loops secured to the opposite end of the sidestraps, and the end strap connected to the side straps at such points asto come beneath the trunk, the ends of said strap passing through therings or loops and fastening to the end buckles of the side strapswhereby the straps are made to embrace the top, bottom, sides and endsof the trunk.

2. In atrunk-harness,the combination with the side straps provided withend buckles, of the rings or loops secured to the opposite end of theside straps, the connecting-piece to which the side straps and rings orloops are attached, and of the end strap connected to the side straps atsuch points as to come beneath the trunk, the ends of said strap pass-HENRY BRUNNER, JR.

W'itnesses:

N. A. ACKER, LEE D. CRAIG.

